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Cuento de Navidad
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"Cuento de Navidad" o "El cántico de Navidad", es una novela corta escrita por el británico Charles Dickens y publicada originalmente por Chapman & Hall el 19 de diciembre de 1843. Su trama cuenta la historia de un hombre avaro y egoÃsta llamado Ebenezer Scrooge y su conversión tras ser visitado por una serie de fantasmas en Nochebuena. está ambientado en Londres durante un dÃa frÃo, desapacible, cortante y con niebla de Nochebuena. Está estructurado en cinco capÃtulos denominados estrofas, de los cuales tres hacen referencia a los encuentros de los fantasmas de la Navidad -pasado, presente y futuro- con Ebenezer Scrooge, un anciano avaro y egoÃsta que desprecia todo lo relacionado con la Navidad. La primera estrofa, El espectro de Marley, comienza siete años después de la muerte de Jacob Marley, el socio de Scrooge. Se describe a Scrooge como un trabajólico solamente interesado en ganar dinero, duro y agudo como un pedernal que ningún eslabón logró jamás sacar una chispa de generosidad; [...] secreto, reprimido y solitario como una ostra, cuya personalidad le impide, por ejemplo, aceptar la invitación de su sobrino para cenar con él y su familia el 25 de diciembre, o realizar donativos para los pobres. Esa noche, la visita del espÃritu de Marley le hace ver al anciano las consecuencias de la avaricia y el egoÃsmo, representados en una larga y pesada cadena hecha con arquillas para dinero, llaves, candados, libros de contabilidad, escrituras de compraventas y pesadas talegas de acero que arrastra consigo indefinidamente. Su antiguo colaborador también le advierte del arribo de otros tres fantasmas esa misma noche con el fin de evitar un destino como el mencionado anteriormente. Las apariciones de los tres fantasmas de las Navidades son el hilo conductor de la trama en las siguientes tres estrofas. Scrooge debe acompañar a cada uno de los espectros a evocar momentos de la infancia y juventud del primero -entre los cuales se incluyen el encuentro con su hermana Fan, que murió joven tras dar a luz; y una fiesta navideña organizada por su antiguo jefe, el señor Fezziwig-, etapas caracterizadas por su amabilidad e inocencia. Otro de los encuentros le permite conocer la situación de pobreza en la que vive la familia de su empleado Bob Cratchit, cuyo hijo más pequeño, Tim, está gravemente enfermo; y la forma en la que su sobrino celebra las fiestas decembrinas. No obstante, la visión de su muerte tras una vida solitaria, malvada y tacaña le lleva a reflexionar y cambiar de actitud, de forma que haré honor a la Navidad en mi corazón y procuraré mantener su espÃritu a lo largo de todo el año...
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